Initial Life Support Foundation

Mission Statement

To help extend the lives of "hearts and brains too good to die", the Initial Life Support Foundation, Inc. (ILSF) promotes and supports the development and management of optimal onsite (“pre-EMS”) emergency care preparedness and action as an integral part of community EMS Systems.

Overview

The Initial Life Support Foundation is non-profit organization with the goal to give a “2nd chance at life” to thousands of people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest and other life threatening medical events by helping to make optimal onsite emergency care and initial life support a widespread reality. To accomplish this goal, the Foundation provides services and resources to individual CPR/AED instructors, Parish Nurses, local EMS agencies and/or public or private emergency care training & consulting entities that help establish and manage onsite emergency response programs — including the availability and use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

Founded in 2002, and originally known as the AED Instructor Foundation (AEDIF), in 2006 the Foundation reorganized and changed its name to reflect the importance of all immediate life supporting actions. AEDIF was initially funded by an unrestricted grant from ZOLL Medical Corporation. Funding for the ILSF now comes from educational services, nominal commissions (from discounted goods and services sold) and donations from Mission Partners and Corporate Sponsors.

ILS Foundation web site resources for the public include:

• Information on importance of emergency medical preparedness
• A registry of Foundation Affiliates (training centers & instructors)
• Access to specially priced AEDs via purchase vouchers obtainable only from Foundation Affiliates

The ILS Foundation provides member Affiliates with

• Instructional materials and learning aids
• Initial response program promotional materials
• Emergency care response program management tools
• Instruction enhancement workshops
• AED program management seminars
• Business development assistance
• Access to specially-priced AEDs

Individual certified instructors, Parish Nurses, emergency care training entities and/or EMS services may join the Foundation free of charge and utilize its many services and resources regardless of which national or internationally recognized emergency care curricula are taught or which approved AED device is utilized.

The Foundation has no agenda or purpose other than the success and optimal effectiveness of this vast group of largely independent, dedicated professionals — whether our Affiliates are paid for or volunteer their services.

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